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There are 36 million
people in the world living with Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) (Klesieus 34). Approximately 2/3 of those people live in sub-Saharan
Africa. Worldwide 3 million died because of AIDS in 2000 and 79%
of AIDS deaths were in sub-Saharan Africa (Klesieus 35). In
2001, for every person who died of war or terrorism, 7 people died of AIDS,
Tuberculosis, and Malaria, and they were mainly children and young adults
(Feachem B3). Every minute 11 people around the world are infected
with the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and 10 of those people are
in sub-Saharan Africa (Will 64). In 1999, 3.8
million Africans were infected (McGeary 38). 17 million Africans
have died since the epidemic began a little over twenty years ago and 3.7
million of those dead are children. There are now nearly 12
million orphans because of the disease (Klesieus 36). It is
estimated that 8.8% of the adults in this
hard hit area are infected and in some places that percentage can skyrocket
to as high as 36% (in Botswana). 94 out of 100 HIV-infected
people live in developing nations (Klesieus 35). 920,00 Americans
are infected compared to 25,300,000 Africans
(Klesieus 36). South Africa is the country that is perhaps most affected
with 4.2 million of its citizens infected and in the next 5 to 10 years
3.5 million will have died from the disease. In 5 years, 61 out of
1,000 babies in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe and Swaziland
will not see their 1st birthday due to poor health and AIDS (Will 64).
These countries also have at least 20% of their populations
infected with HIV (McGeary 39).
Note: This section was taken from
a previous paper I wrote about AIDS in Africa for my independent research
during January 2003. |